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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 06:10 PM
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Blunt rejects barring insurers from denying insurance to adults with pre-existing conditions.
Last week, Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO), who is running for the Senate, visited with health care professionals in Springfield, MO to hear their take on health care reform. On Friday, KSPR, an ABC affiliate in Missouri, aired footage from the meeting, capturing Blunt saying that unlike children, adults shouldn’t be protected from being discriminated against for insurance because of pre-existing conditions:

BLUNT: Access for kids who have pre-existing conditions, who would be against that? But access for adults, who have done nothing to take care of themselves, who actually will have as I’ve just described every incentive not to get insurance until the day that you know that you’re going to have medical expenses, that’s, that’s a very different kind of story.

Watch it: http://thinkprogress.org/2010/04/12/blunt-pre-existing/

In its report, KSPR notes that “Blunt says his plan offers protections for pre-existing conditions, but a check of his website shows his proposal would not stop insurance companies from denying coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.” This isn’t the first far-right health care position Blunt has taken. In July 2009, he suggested that the “government should have never” started Medicare and Medicaid.


http://www.royblunt.com/issues.php?id=60
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 06:12 PM
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1. Single payer is the only answer.
And we didn't even try.

We didn't even allow it to be discussed.
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katandmoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 06:13 PM
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2. What a vile stinking turd he is.
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 06:17 PM
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3. Dumb shit. The reason many do NOT have insurance is that they have pre-existing conditions.
I guess Blunt never heard of "Catch 22".
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SharonAnn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 06:43 PM
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7. Oh, let's see. Things like Asthma, Allergies, Scoliosis, etc. have nothing to do
with not taking care of yourself.
What a loser! Blunt, that is.
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 06:27 PM
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4. Apparently, in his world, people stop aging at 18 as well.
So essentially, on your 18th birthday, the kid born with diabetes goes from "poor kid dealt a lousy hand" to "rotten lazy freeloader who should have taken care of himself".
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 06:30 PM
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5. It's sad that people such as Blunt have any power... n/t
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Missy Vixen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 06:33 PM
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6. Maybe Blunt should have to obtain private insurance
We'll see how fast he changes his tune about adults and pre-existing conditions.

:eyes:
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 08:19 PM
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8. How god-damned stupid are these Republicans?
Is there no limit to their inability to comprehend simple concepts?
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 08:35 PM
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9. There is no limit....none
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 08:37 PM
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10. No surprise to me
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 08:37 PM
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11. btw, see the following link:
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and-justice-for-all Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 08:38 PM
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12. fuck you blunt!! nt
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Maraya1969 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 09:40 PM
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13. Wait a minute, this is an appeal for changes to the HRC that was just passed?
Or do states get to fuck around and change this federal bill that just passed.
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